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AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED mus. 1919.

Patented Aug. 12,1919.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23. 1919.

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JACOB Insert, or NEW YORK, N; Y.

TAMUSEMENTVDEVICE. c f i Specification of Letters Patent.

.-: Patented Au 12 1919.

Application filed January 23, 1919. SerialI N'o. 272,690.

To all whom it may concern:v 1

. Be it known that I, JAooB IRSCH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, Long Island City, borough of Queens,in the county ofQueens and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Amusement Device, of which the following is a full,clear-,-andexact'de- This invention relates to amusement devices, and has for anobject the provision of an improved construction which necessitatesmovement by the player, which .movement may be stopped at any time bythe judge or umpire of the'device' 1 Another object of-the invention istoprovide anamusement device with anumber of workable membersiforvarious players arranged to operate at-diflerent speeds according to theaction of the player, these various members being under the control of asingle person so that when one player has reached his goal the variousdevices may be locked against operation and thereby indicate the winnerof thegame and also the second and third places. a

A still further object of the inventionis to provide an amusement devicein which an indicating member is operated by the player to the turningof a rotatable member,

these parts being associated with a figure the indicator when thethrough Fig. 1 on line 2"2,- the same being onan enlarged scale;- 1 r VI F1g.- 3 1s a fragmentary sectional vlew through Fig.2 online 3-3.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 4- 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings byunumerals, 1 Land 2 indicateidentically constructed" playing" members "orsections whichare'connected'to rods'3 and 4 andassociated parts hereinafter fullydescribed.

Rod 3 is connected to a lever 5 operating in connectionwith a toothedsegment 6, wherein,:-if desired, a spring pressed catchcould beprovid'edto engage with the teethof the wheel -18 connected to suitablecranks.

segment so as to lock the lever on and 1 off as 'deslred. The samestructure is provided in respect to the lever 8 which is pivota'llyconnected to rod/1. Rod i is operated for releasing the shaft 9hereinafter fully described, which carriesa pointer 10 operk ating'overthe dialllf, When the lever 8 is opposite thep'osition marked Offpointer 10 will automatically'return' to zero, but

when the lever is moved-to the position marked On-the' 'parts areconnected upso that when the handwheel 12 is operated the pointer'10will-begin tomove from zero aroundthe "dial clockwise. When the lever 5is'at the end of the segment'6 marked-On the hand wheel 12and'associated parts are released so that they may be-easily operated bya player, but'when the lever is at the end marked Off the wheel 12 andassociated parts are locked against movement. These 7 detail'structures'are shown in Figs-2, 3 and i 4. Before describing thesedetail structuresit is desired topoint'out that two devices 1 and 2 are shown, butany'number may be used and connected up with the rods 3 and 4 so thatthey may be operated simultaneously.

In playing the 'ame one or any number may play, prefera 1y two or moregWhen more than one player is'playing each player grasps the handle 13 ofthe respective wheels 12 and the umpire or' starter pulls both levers 5and 8 over to the position shown in Fig. l and gives some signal, as forinstance the word go. The variousplayers' will then begin to'rotate asfast as possible the wheels 12 and the pointer 10 will move in"proportion to the speed of rotation of wheel '12, theglobe 14 will alsorotate inproportion to the speed of rotation of wheel 12, the rotationof the globe causingthe rotation of the wheels-15 of the bicycle 16. As

therear wheel rotates it will move the chain 17-whichwi11 'inturn rotate1 the sprockeAt figure19 is mounted on the bicycle 16 with "the jointed"legs'thereof connectedwith the cranks connected with sprocket wheel18,so that the legs of the-figure as well as the wheels 'of'the bicyclewill imove. The variops players continue to rotate the wheels 12 untilone player hascaused his pointer to' reach the 'zeromark, whereupon theumpire movesthe lever 5 back to the position off which will lo'ck'all-'the wheels '12" substantially instantaneously, butwill not afltect theposition-'o'f'the poi-nters' 10; After the various dials have beenexamined to determine who was the winner the umpire may then move thelever 8 over to the position marked Off whereupon the various pointers10 will be released and brought back automatically to the zero point.

In Fig. 2 it will beseentha't each of the devices 1 and 2 is providedwith a housing 20 of any desired kind, as for instance wood,

in. order to protect and inclose the various operating mechanism exceptthe Wheel 12 the sprocket wheel 21 and part of the sprocket wheel 22.The sprocket wheel 21 is connected to a shaft 23 mounted on. suit-..able standard 24 and 25 secured to the auxiliary housing 26., so thatwhen the shaft is rotated power will be transmitted from sprocket wheel21 through'chain 27, through sprocket wheel 22 and from thence to themain power shaft 28. This power shaft car-- .ries a sprocket wheel 29and a gear wheel 30. The gear wheel 30 is positioned to mesh with theteeth 31 of the locking lever 32 when in one position. i The lockinglever is pivotally mounted at 33 near thebottom of the ho ing 20 and atthe upper end is connected to the rod 3 so that-upon the operation ofthe lever 6 (Fig. 1) the teeth 31 maybe moved into and out of mesh withthe gear wheel 30. chain 34 passes over the sprocket wheel 29 and over acomparatively large sprocket wheel 35,. Sprocketfwheel 35 .is rigidlysecured to shaft 36 which carries a gear wheel 37 and the globe 14, saidglobe being arranged exteriorly of the casing 20 and provided with agroove 39 for accommodating the wheels 15' of the bicycle 16.

The bicycle 16 is also provided with a sup port 40 which is preferablyloosely connected at 41 to the casing 20, whereby the weight of thebicycle and the figure thereon will rest on the globe 14. The gear wheel37 is positioned to mesh with the connecting pinion 38 and also with thecomparatively large gear wheel 42 when the rod 4 is inthe position shownin Fig. 1. The pinion 38 is pivotally mounted on the lever 43 which inturn is pivotally mounted at 44 on the housing 20 so that as rod 4 ismoved back and forth the pinion is brought into mesh and. moved out ofmesh with the respective gears 37 and 42. Whenthegears. are in mesh, as

shown in the drawing and wheel "12 is ro- I .tated motionwill betransmitted to thegear weight 47 will cause the shaft 9 and associateparts to rotate backward to their former' position and thereby bring thepointer 10 back to Zero. It will be, of course, understood that each ofthe devices 1 and 2, and as many more as used, are provided With amechanism similar to that shown in Fig. 2, so that when rod 4 is movedin one direction all of the pointers 10 will be released, and when movedin the opposite direction the parts will be connected up as shown in.Fig. 3 so that when wheel 12 is turned the parts will move at a speedproportioned to the speed of the wheel 12.

In order to provide means for positively indicating the winner when twoor more players are operating the machines at almost the same speed abell or suitable gong 48 isprovided which is struck by the hammer 49.This hammer is mounted on a suitable L-shaped support 50 which ispivotally supported on the casing 1 by any suitable means, saidL-shapedsupport being con nected with a chain or cable 51, said chain being alsoconnected at 52 to a pivotally mounted lever 53 which carries a signaldisk 54 having a number 55 arranged thereon indicating the particularmachine. As shown in Fig; 3 if machine one wins a number one 1 willappear above the machine as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3. Inthis way a visual signal will be provided and also an audible sound. Thechain or flexible cable 51 passes over. suitable guiding pulleys 56 and57 supported in any'desired manner so that the cable or chain 51 maybeconnected to the rack 58 which is continually in mesh with the pinion 59rigidly secured to shaft 9. This rack is held in position by suitableguiding members 60 and 61 which straddle the rack so as to preventlateral movement while allowing a free up and down movement. A pair ofset screws 62 and 63 are provided for holding the rack in engagement atall times, said set screws being provided with suitable lock-nuts sothat when the parts are properly adjusted the rack 58 may freely slidebut cannot get out of place. By

this construction and arrangement as the shaft 9 moves and the indicatormoves from the zero point again to 'zero the rack 58 will be raised andthe cable or chain 51 will be pulled downwardly so that the signal disk54 and the hammer-49 will be both moved shaft 9 so that the pointer 10will go back to zero and the weight of the disk 54 will pull the chain51 and move rack 59 back to its starting point, the weight of the rackassisting in this movement. It will also be evident that the movement ofthe shaft 9, under the action of weight 47 will cause the returnmovement so that both weights act in conjunction for bringing the partsback to their former position ready for a second operation. Ordinarilyafter the game has been played the various locking levers 32 are left inengagement with the gears 30 while the idlers 38 are left disengaged sothat the parts will assume their original neutral po-' sition and remainthere. When the parts are in the position just described none of themechanism can be operated even if someone tries to move the wheel 12.This prevents any tampering with the various mechanisms by persons notentitled to use the device.

What I claim is:

1. An amusement device comprising a plurality of stations, each of saidstations having a rotatable pointer,,mechanism for rotating said pointerincluding a hand-operated wheel, a driving gear, a driven gear, and aconnecting idler for connecting said gears, a rod connecting theconnecting idlers of each of said stations together, a single lever foroperating said rod for throwing in and out said connecting idlers, meansconnected with said pointer for moving the pointer back to zero when theconnecting idlers are moved to a disengaged position, a lock for each ofsaid stations for locking the mechanism for rotating the pointers, meansfor connecting all of said last mentioned locks together, and a leveroperating said means.

2. An amusement device comprising a casing, a dial arranged on saidcasing, a pointer arranged to travel over said dial, a shaft carryingsaid pointer, a reduction transmission mechanism connected with saidshaft, a hand-operated wheel for actuating said reduction transmissionmechanism, a

lock for locking said transmission mechanism against movement, a movablemember arranged in said transmission mechanism for releasing said shaft,and a weighted cable connected with said shaft for rotating the shaft ina reverse direction when the V shaft is released.

3. An amusement device comprising a cas ing, a dial mounted on saidcasing, a pointer positioned to travel over said dial, a shaftsupporting said pointer, a globe arranged beneath said dial, a vehiclehaving wheels positioned on said globe, a figure on said vehicleconnected to the vehicle in such a manner that part thereof will operatewith the wheels of the vehicle, said wheels being in contact with saidglobe and rotatable thereby when the globe is rotated, a shaft forrotating said globe, a hand operated wheel arranged near the bottom ofsaid housing, means for connecting said handoperated wheel to the shaftcarrying said globe whereby when the hand-operated wheel is rotated saidshaft and globe will be rotated, and driving mechanism connecting theshaft carrying the globe and the shaft carrying the pointer whereby theglobe and pointer will rotate in a certain relationship to each other.

4. An amusement device comprising a dial, a pointer adapted to move oversaid dial from the starting point to zero, a shaft connected to saiddial for operating the same, a hand operated wheel, a plurality ofmechanisms for rotating said shaft connected to said hand operatedwheel, a pinion arranged on said shaft, a rack meshing with said pinion,a cable connected with said rack, a pair of pivotally mounted leversconnected with said rack, a hammer on one of said levers, a signal diskon the other of said levers, and a bell arranged in the path of movementof said hammer so that when the dial and parts associated. therewithhave been moved to a predetermined position said hammer will strike thebell.

J AOOB IRSOH.

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